Binder-tape.



E. H. ANGIER. BINDER TAPE.

APPLICATHJN FILED JAN-21,1914.

1,167,466, Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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EDWARD H. ANGIER, FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

BINDER-TAPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

Application filed January 27, 1914. Serial No. 814,832.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. ANGIER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Framingham, Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Binder-Tapes, of which the following description, in connection With the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a binder tape or composite sheet material employed for packaging purposes.

The character of the invention may be best understood by reference to the following description of one illustrative embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 discloses an illustrative binder tape with parts broken away to disclose the tructure t ereof; and Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale is a transverse section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, the illustrative tape or composite sheet material shown therein as embodying the invention comprises outer layers 1 and 3 of stron Manila paper or other equivalent materia with a water-proof adhesive layer 5 of black asphaltum or other equivalent material interposed between said paper layers and uniting the same securely together. To strengthen the material and to render the same strong and effective as a binder, threads 7 ma be embedded in the water-proof layer. referably these threads are straight and extend longitudinally of the material with a spacing substantially as shown. The paper layers may be subjected to pressure to uniformly and securely unite the adhesive layer thereto. This will cause the threads to bulge the paper somewhat and present a series of ribs extending longitudinally of the strip. This assists in preventing displacement of the threads and adds to the attractiveness of the appearance of the material. It also tends to protect the material since the ribs project above the portions of the paper between them and present wear-receiving and resisting members which will tend to prevent contact of articles with said portions.

To enable the tape or material to be readily applied for packin urposes the exterior surface 9 of one o t e paper la ers is coated with a. suitable gum which normally be dry and non-adhesive, but when sub1ected to moisture will readily become adhesive and efl'ectively unite the material to the package or other article.

The composite material composed of the layers described presents a very advantageous construction. The two paper layers un1ted by the water-proof adhesive with the tension threads constitute a material which in tape form has a large field of utility as a strong binder for packaging purposes and 1s a convenient substitute for cord since it does not require any knotting and adheres throughout 1ts length to the article embraced thereby. Packages on which this binding material is used are liable to be exposed to the weather and moisture. Paper when subected to moisture is of course likely to be weakened. If the moisture penetrates to the gummed surface of the material its adhesive engagement with the article is apt to be destroyed. The water-proof layer has an important advantage in effectively preventing the penetration of moisture through the sheets to the gum coating, As a result there is no possibility of the gum coating becommg ineffective to secure the tape to the article. If an excess amount of moisture should be appliedto the gum coating in rendering the same adhesive it might enetrate through the material and weaken t e paper, but the presence of the water-proof la er effectively prevents any possibility of t is occurring.

Wh1 e the binding threads are shown herein as interposed between two sheets of paper, in some instances they may be contained within a single sheet. This might be effected in the course of the'manufacture of the sheet of paper.

When the material is used in the form of a binder tape or strip it may be of any width desired an may be merchandized as rolls or in any other convenient strip serving form.

Having described one illustrative embodiment of the invention without limitin the same thereto, what I claim as new and esire coating, and a series of tension threads havadhesive layer between and uniting said 15 ing su stantial spaces between them and emsheets, and a series of tension threads 'havin bedded in said waterproof layer. substantial spaces between them embedde 2. A composite strip comprising outer pain said waterproof layer and producing 6 per sheets, a gum coating on the exterior wear-resisting ribs projecting from the outer surface of one of said sheets, a waterproof, surfaces of the material. 2o adhesive layer between and unitin said In testimony whereof, I have signed my sheets, and a series of tension threa s havname to this specification, in the presence of in dsgbstanticiil spaces geltween tlliem e13 two subscribing witnesses. 10 be e in sai waterproo ayer an exten ing longitudinally of said strip. EDWARD ANGIER' 3. A composite material comprising outer Witnesses: paper sheets, a gum coating on the exterior HENRY T. WILLIAMS, surface of one of said sheets, a waterproof JOHN R. MOULTON.

ing substantial spaces between them em bedded in said waterproof layer and extending longitudinally of saidstrip.

Correction in L tters Patent, No.1 .1 67,46 6.

3. A composite material comprising outer paper sheets, a gum coating on the exterior surface of one of said sheets, a waterproof Signed and sealedfthis 1st day of February, A: 1)., v191a.

EDWARD H.- ANGIER.

Witnesses:

HENRY T. WILLIAMS, JOHN R. MOULTON.

It is hereby certified that in Letters PatentNo. 1,167,466, granted January '11, 1916,. upon the application of Edwardlil. lingieriof Framihgham, Massachusetts, foran improvementin Binder-Tapesflian error appears in the printed specifica- 'tion requiring correction as follows: Page 1,'li'ne 52, fo r the word pifcking read ackh m m d that the said Letters Patentshould be had with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Ofiice.-,

I J. NEw'roN;

of Patents.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,167,466.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,167,466, granted January 11, 1916, npon the application of Edward H. Angier, of Framingham, Massachusetts,

for an improvement in Binder-Tapes, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 52, for the word "paicking read packaging; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.-

Signed and sealed this 1st day of February, A. D., 1916.

J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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